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Angola To Reopen Notorious "Camp J" Solitary for Immigrant Detainees and High Risk Inmates
Posted on 8/6/25 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 8/6/25 at 12:00 pm
They're going to house them right next to high-risk inmates in the soon to reopen Camp J solitary wing at Angola known as the Dungeon.
Camp J was closed due to harsh conditions in the solitary cells.
https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/louisiana-may-house-immigrant-detainees-at-angola-prison-sources-say-west-feliciana-parish-trump-administration/289-ac15a63c-628e-4edf-a77e-6999459c4685?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WWLTV&fbclid=IwY2xjawMAZ3tleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFiS2huaUozV0NGY3BsS1FOAR7he2-r5RwYQaPsyLkvinDqtRfyyNhzbt0E9JB3HySzV850ZqsPTlAc2C-ixA_aem_izjios2EdgNVWqRQG4UNPw
But Jeff Landry announced over the weekend that Camp J would be used as emergency housing for prisoners.
https://www.corrections1.com/jail-management/louisiana-state-penitentiary-solitary-unit-to-be-repaired-reopened-under-emergency-declaration
I wonder how this will work out?
Camp J was closed due to harsh conditions in the solitary cells.
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WEST FELICIANA PARISH, La. — Louisiana leaders are in early talks with the Trump administration about using part of the State Penitentiary at Angola to house detained immigrants, according to NOLA.com.
Officials said an unused wing at the maximum-security prison, known as Camp J, is being considered. The site, closed in 2018 over harsh conditions, would not require building a new facility like the one recently opened in Florida.
https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/louisiana-may-house-immigrant-detainees-at-angola-prison-sources-say-west-feliciana-parish-trump-administration/289-ac15a63c-628e-4edf-a77e-6999459c4685?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WWLTV&fbclid=IwY2xjawMAZ3tleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFiS2huaUozV0NGY3BsS1FOAR7he2-r5RwYQaPsyLkvinDqtRfyyNhzbt0E9JB3HySzV850ZqsPTlAc2C-ixA_aem_izjios2EdgNVWqRQG4UNPw
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The move comes as the federal government expands immigration enforcement and looks for more detention space, our partners reported. Louisiana already holds one of the largest immigrant detainee populations in the country through contracts with private facilities.
"The state's cluster of ICE-contracted private jails already makes it second only to Texas for the number of people it holds in immigration detention," according to NOLA.com.
Critics argue housing non-criminal immigrant detainees alongside those convicted of violent crimes would raise safety and human rights concerns.
"Camp J 'just doesn’t seem to be an environment that’s suitable for a human being to be in'," David Cloud told our partners. He is a "former staffer for the criminal justice advocacy group Vera, who led a team in 2016 that partnered with the state to find ways to reduce solitary confinement."
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Once known as the “Dungeon,” most of its cells were designated as solitary confinement to segregate prisoners for disciplinary reasons.
But Jeff Landry announced over the weekend that Camp J would be used as emergency housing for prisoners.
https://www.corrections1.com/jail-management/louisiana-state-penitentiary-solitary-unit-to-be-repaired-reopened-under-emergency-declaration
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Louisiana State Penitentiary solitary unit to be repaired, reopened under emergency declaration
Camp J, once plagued by staff resignations and faulty security, will reopen to house high-risk inmates amid overcrowding
I wonder how this will work out?
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Advocates also had qualms about the possible reopening of Camp J.
“Not only will men continue to swelter at Camp J, but they will also endure either overcrowding in solitary cells or be kept in isolation – a severe punishment that extensive research has shown to be tantamount to abuse, torture, and is dangerous and ineffective,” Samantha Kennedy, executive director of the Promise of Justice Initiative, said in a statement.
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Morgan has been out of prison since 2014, when his conviction was overturned, but still remembers the traumas of Camp J. He was locked in a 6-by-9 concrete cell nearly 24 hours each day; any time he was taken out of his cell—to shower or to go to rec inside a slightly larger cage—he was placed in handcuffs and leg irons. He could never escape the constant screaming and yelling from men in the surrounding cells.
This post was edited on 8/6/25 at 12:22 pm
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 12:05 pm to Shexter
They going to have immigrants taking the rodeo positions away from the in state prisoners?
Posted on 8/6/25 at 12:07 pm to teke184
quote:Cheaper and doing the jobs Americans won't do. Their crafts will undercut the others' too.
They going to have immigrants taking the rodeo positions away from the in state prisoners?
This post was edited on 8/6/25 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 8/6/25 at 12:13 pm to Shexter
Wow real creative of ajeff landler to call his holding camp “camp j”
Posted on 8/6/25 at 12:15 pm to Shexter
Camp J sounds like hell on earth, old school prison.
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I was just 17 years old when I was sent to solitary confinement in “Camp J,” one of the most severe lockdown units at one of America’s most brutal prisons, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. I languished in solitary for 16 months.
Back then I didn’t know that Louisiana was the solitary confinement capital of the world. All I knew was that I’d been convicted of a crime I didn’t commit, and I had to maintain my humanity in one of the most dehumanizing places on earth.
It’s called “23 and 1” because you spend 23 hours alone in your cell, with one hour to take a shower or make a phone call, if allowed. There are no educational programs. You are stuck in your cell with just the voices in your own head and the cries of men who have already gone mad. Most of the other people in my unit were suffering from severe mental illness. I remember how they would ram their heads into the bars, play with their own defecation, or throw urine or feces.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 12:16 pm to Shexter
Not sure about this. So a facility was closed down and deemed unfit to house the most violent criminals in our society, but its ok for men that are ostensibly just waiting to be deported -- and no improvements or modifications need to be made.
I'm fine with the deportations, but this doesn't seem right and seems more like a way to line someone's pockets.
I'm fine with the deportations, but this doesn't seem right and seems more like a way to line someone's pockets.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 12:25 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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but its ok for men that are ostensibly just waiting to be deported
Posted on 8/6/25 at 12:55 pm to Shexter
I’m visiting Angola this Saturday. I will NOT be anywhere close to camp J though.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 1:21 pm to teke184
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They going to have immigrants taking the rodeo positions away from the in state prisoners?
Posted on 8/6/25 at 1:35 pm to TrapperJohn
Camp J replaced the cell block called Red Hat which had smaller cells and was worse. Imagine being in solitary with the electric chair 20 feet away.
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The Red Hat Cell Block is a former prison housing unit of the Louisiana State Penitentiary in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana which, for a time, also contained the state's execution chamber and electric chair.
After a 1933 escape attempt, prison authorities constructed a new prisoner cell block, a one-story, 30-cell building at Camp E. That cell block, which became the most restrictive inmate housing unit in Angola, was colloquially referred to as "Red Hat", after the red paint-coated straw hats that its occupants wore when they worked in the fields
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Red Hat had thirty prison cells. Each cell measured 3 feet by 6 feet; a solid steel door was the point of entry and egress. Each cell had a 1-square-foot window near the cell's roof for ventilation; prison guards controlled a steel flap located at each cell window. Each cell housed an iron bunk without a mattress. To urinate and defecate, prisoners used a steel bucket that was emptied every morning. Four guard towers were in proximity to Red Hat; guards in those towers had orders to "shoot to kill."
Posted on 8/6/25 at 1:37 pm to Shexter
What's wrong with them fancy New York city hotels? Hoping Joe or kamala will chime in here and explain it to us commoner folk.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 1:38 pm to Shexter
New Yorkers would probably pay 4k a month for that 'studio' apartment.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 1:45 pm to Shexter
The tiers at Camp J are no different than any of the other camps at Angola.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 2:59 pm to Shexter
Camp J probably looks like the Ritz Carlton compared to a Mexican prison, and the grounds will be well manicured.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 5:29 pm to Shexter
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Camp J 'just doesn’t seem to be an environment that’s suitable for a human being to be in'
i wholeheartedly disagree.
you knew the potential consequences for sneaking into this country. zero fricks given.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 5:38 pm to Shexter
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Back then I didn’t know that Louisiana was the solitary confinement capital of the world. All I knew was that I’d been convicted of a crime I didn’t commit,
Riiiiiight
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:08 pm to Shexter
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Morgan has been out of prison since 2014, when his conviction was overturned, but still remembers the traumas of Camp J. He was locked in a 6-by-9 concrete cell nearly 24 hours each day; any time he was taken out of his cell—to shower or to go to rec inside a slightly larger cage—he was placed in handcuffs and leg irons. He could never escape the constant screaming and yelling from men in the surrounding cells.
I bet he doesn't want to go back. Make prisons a deterrent again.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:16 pm to Shexter
They are putting violent ICE detainees here not just ordinary Jose’s.
I worked at Angola back in the 90’s in classification. Camp J was one of my assigned locations for about 6 months. The inmates that were living there were the worst of the worst. Escapees, commited violence against other inmates and staff. Inmates would make homemade darts and dip in their piss and shite to throw at staff. One inmate put a chicken bone in his dick just get to the hospital. Another shite in his hands and rubbed it all over himself and his cell. Don’t have any sympathy for any of the assholes that were housed there.
They are going to house the same type of detainees from ICE. Don’t believe all the liberal media crying a fricking river.
I worked at Angola back in the 90’s in classification. Camp J was one of my assigned locations for about 6 months. The inmates that were living there were the worst of the worst. Escapees, commited violence against other inmates and staff. Inmates would make homemade darts and dip in their piss and shite to throw at staff. One inmate put a chicken bone in his dick just get to the hospital. Another shite in his hands and rubbed it all over himself and his cell. Don’t have any sympathy for any of the assholes that were housed there.
They are going to house the same type of detainees from ICE. Don’t believe all the liberal media crying a fricking river.
This post was edited on 8/6/25 at 6:17 pm
Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:51 pm to Shexter
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Imagine being in solitary with the electric chair 20 feet away.
Smells like driving by Outback!
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